Description
Hot Honey Chicken is a delicious and crispy chicken dish coated in a crunchy cornflake crust and drizzled with a sweet and spicy hot honey sauce. It’s a perfect balance of flavors and textures that will leave your taste buds wanting more.
Ingredients
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Chicken:
- 4 chicken breasts (about 700g/1.5lbs altogether)
- 90 g (3/4 cup) plain (all-purpose) flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 eggs whisked
- 150 g (5 cups) cornflakes crushed (cup measurement is before crushing)
- 3 tbsp neutral oil (avocado or rapeseed)
Hot honey sauce:
- 180 ml (1/2 cup) runny honey
- 3 tbsp hot pepper sauce
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
To Serve (optional):
- Maldon salt flakes
- pickled gherkins
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 200C/400f (fan) and line a large baking sheet with baking parchment
- Slice the chicken: Slice the chicken breasts in half, horizontally, to create 8 thin/flat chicken steaks
- Prepare coating: Mix flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and thyme in a bowl. Whisk eggs in another bowl. Crush cornflakes and mix with oil in a third bowl
- Coat the chicken: Dredge chicken in flour, then egg, then cornflakes. Place on baking sheet
- Bake the chicken: Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and cooked through
- Make the sauce: Heat all sauce ingredients in a saucepan until butter melts
- Serve: Drizzle chicken with hot honey sauce, sprinkle with salt flakes, and serve with pickles
Notes
- You can make the chicken ahead and refrigerate, but don’t refrigerate uncooked chicken
- Reheat chicken in the oven or air fryer
- Do not freeze the sauce
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 794 kcal
- Sugar: 57g
- Sodium: 1105mg
- Fat: 23g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0.3g
- Carbohydrates: 104g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 46g
- Cholesterol: 209mg
